Five big wings the Boston Celtics can target for trades

Brad Stevens let it slip that the Celtics are keeping an eye out for a bigger wing to add to the ball club’s rotation; here’s 5 candidates.

Boston Celtics President of Basketball Operations Brad Stevens let it slip that the Celtics are keeping an eye out for a bigger wing to add to the ball club’s rotation ahead of the NBA’s 2024 trade deadline. And while he did make it clear that this addition could be an internal one — Lamar Stevens, Svi Mykhailiuk, Dalano Banton, and Oshae Brissett all fit the bill and are not really part of Boston’s rotation of late — fans of the team can’t be blamed if they immediately made a beeline over to their favorite trade checker site to see if they can’t find a reasonable trade target.

We say “reasonable” due to the financial and roster constraints the Celtics have to consider, with a limited range of salary likely not exceeding what Boston can do with the traded player exception (TPE) generated by the signing and trade of Grant Williams to the Dallas Mavericks.

With that, Boston could absorb a player into the TPE, worth $6.2 million, plus an additional $250,000 in salary — and we have done you the solid of finding five potential candidates the Celtics could consider.

Let’s take a look.